Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday August 31, 1978:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Return
Season 6, episode 20 W: Kathleen Hite D: Harry Harris With Lloyd Nolan (Cyrus Guthrie), John Perryman (Merle), Ed Deemer (Man at Bus Depot), Helen Page Camp (Allie), Sandy Kenyon (Willis). John-Boy returns home from New York to discover that the rural community is suffering from dismal economic conditions. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/16/1978)
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| [ABC 8:00] Welcome Back, Kotter [Reg]: The Return Of Hotsy Totsy
Season 3, episode 26 W: Gabriel Kaplan D: Bob Claver With Debralee Scott (Rosalie Totsy), Marlise Pierrat (Olga the Stripper). The Sweathogs are amazed to find a former classmate working as a go-go dancer to support her child. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/11/1978)
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Crack-Up
Season 1, episode 21 W: Rudolph Borchert D: Phil Bondelli With Hari Rhodes (Father), Phillip Pine (Doctor Ansgar), Marc Lawrence (Co-Driver), Linda Thompson (Chrissy), Danny Goldman (Doctor Bosca), Robin Braxton (Mother), Joey Aresco (Niles), Phyllis Diller (Wanda), Gary Sandy (Ray). CHP problems include a distraught estranged husband, armored car drivers who refuse aid following an accident, two cars racing on city streets, and the hospitalization of Officer Baker following a motorcycle accident. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/9/1978)
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| [ABC 8:30] What's Happening [Reg]: Dee's First Date
Season 2, episode 15 W: Joe Neustein D: Mark Warren With Fay Hauser (Melanie), Noniece Williams (Robin), Erin Blunt (Luther). Dee embarks on her first date with Luther Lassiter, hampered only by older brother Raj, who has flipped over Luther's sister Melanie. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/21/1978)
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Wojo's Problem
Season 4, episode 18 W: Tony Sheehan D: Max Gail With Mari Gorman (Detective Rosslyn Licori), Stanley Brock (Bruno Bender), Ray Girardin (Vince Licori), Henry Slate (Louis Frankel). While Wojo wrestles with his flagging love life, Barney is puzzled by the arrival of a new detective -- an attractive young woman. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/23/1978)
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: Dirty Harry (1971)
W: Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink, Dean Riesner D: Don Siegel With Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson, John Vernon, John Larch, John Mitchum. When an apparently psychopathic sniper begins to terrorize a major city, a detective responds with efficiency and characteristically tough determination.
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| [ABC 9:30] Soap [Reg]: Retrospective
90 minutes of highlights from the comedy series. (Repeat program)
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| [CBS 10:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: Terror On A Quiet Afternoon
Season 6, episode 21 W: Jack V. Fogarty D: Walter Grauman With Glenn Sipes (Al Taylor), Chris Dickinson (Linda Parker), Randolph Roberts (Pete Holden), Chris Mulkey (Curt Davis), Elliott Street (Felix), John de Lancie (Mitchell Grady II), Dee Wallace (Amy Vickers). The unwanted attentions of a persistent Romeo become so unbearable that the desperate girl seeks Barnaby's help. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/9/1978)
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